Vermont
Crime, Punishment and Ratio of Crime to Punishment Per 100,000 and
Rank of Crime, Punishment and Ratio of Crime to
Punishment between Vermont and other States

Year

Inmates /100,000

New Index *

Index/ Inmates

1978

70.4

530.3

7.5

1979

61.5

695.7

11.3

1980

66.7

659.8

9.9

1981

76.6

621.3

8.1

1982

83.8

583.4

7.0

1983

72.2

532.6

7.4

1984

71.8

527.4

7.3

1985

83.6

521.7

6.2

1986

82.2

532.0

6.5

1987

93.5

550.0

5.9

1988

100.6

552.1

5.5

1989

112.3

528.4

4.7

1990

120.6

548.6

4.5

1991

128.9

500.6

3.9

1992

151.0

439.6

2.9

1993

154.6

500.0

3.2

1994

168.0

412.2

2.5

1995

177.9

449.8

2.5

1996

134.9

409.4

3.0

1997

138.6

390.6

2.8

Year

Inmates /100,000

New Index *

Index/ Inmates

1998

159.7

409.6

2.6

1999

194.8

384.4

2.0

2000

215.3

400.8

1.9

2001

214.5

371.6

1.7

2002

214.8

349.1

1.6

2003

227.2

337.1

1.5

2004

234.7

349.2

1.5

2005

249.2

362.6

1.5

2006

263.6

367.1

1.4

2007

260.8

356.4

1.4

2008

260.5

393.6

1.5

2009

277.3

376.0

1.4

2010

263.5

357.2

1.4

2011

255.1

388.4

1.5

2012

242.3

392.4

1.6

2013

251.3

336.3

1.3

Year

Inmates /100,000

New Index *

Index/ Inmates

These
pages compare reported crimes and imprisonment rates for every 100,000
people for each year in the 50 United States and rank the states by
their crime and imprisonment rates.

In
order to compare crime to punishment we created a new crime index* and
divided that index by the ratio of inmates to crimes in each state, as
reported to theBureau of Justice
Statistics.We
then ranked each State for each category, with the lowest number going
to the highest rate.In
an important new way, this table links crime to punishment
within and between the States.

*The
traditional crime index is made up of the total crimes committed in
each State.The
problem with the old index is that it gives equal weight to every
crime committed; and far more property crimes are reported than violent
crimes.Since
violent criminals make up about half the prison populationand
about ten times more property crimes are reported than violent crimes, for
the new index* we divided the number of property crimes by ten and
added to that the number of violent crimes to make up the new index*.

Year

Inmates /100,000

New Index *

Index/ Inmates

1978

38

43

26

1979

43

35

37

1980

41

40

33

1981

43

43

32

1982

42

44

33

1983

47

45

36

1984

47

45

40

1985

47

45

34

1986

46

45

38

1987

46

45

36

1988

46

44

34

1989

46

45

32

1990

46

44

32

1991

46

48

23

1992

45

48

9

1993

43

45

20

1994

44

48

8

1995

43

46

11

1996

47

48

33

1997

47

48

32

Year

Inmates /100,000

New Index *

Index/ Inmates

1998

47

47

31

1999

44

48

22

2000

43

47

20

2001

44

48

14

2002

44

49

13

2003

44

49

11

2004

43

48

14

2005

43

46

13

2006

42

47

12

2007

42

47

10

2008

42

47

14

2009

41

49

13

2010

42

50

15

2011

42

49

23

2012

43

49

25

2013

43

50

15

Year

Inmates /100,000

New Index *

Index/ Inmates

Since
we developed the tables:
"Rate Per 100,000 and Rank by State of Crime and Imprisonment by US
States 1978 - 2012",
we are interested in hearing how others use the table. Email: host@disastercenter.com

Crime,
Punishment and Ratio of Crime to Punishment Per 100,000 and Rank by
Year and between States